The platform was intact until 2009 when the Chinnor Railway removed the edge bricks for reuse, now only a mound remains.
The station master's house was restored in 1968 and later extended
and is now in private occupation. In 1977 a vintage car restoration
business was using the goods yard.

Notes: Fullwell & Westbury was located between the two villages
and was a modest structure consisting of a single low platform,
small ticket office, WC's, ladies waiting room and a general waiting
room. There was a station house on the other side of the road.
Behind the house was a short looped siding with a cattle dock
controlled by a ground frame.

The LNWR did not see the need for a station here until 1879.
When opened it was called Westbury Crossing and was renamed on
1.10.1880

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BANBURY -
VERNEY JUNCTION BRANCH OF THE
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAYUntil 1844 Buckinghamshire had been poorly served by railways
with only Aylesbury connected to the London & Birmingham in
the east. With the support of the L & B two separate companies
were formed, the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway and
the Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway. In 1847 under the direction
of the newly formed London & North Western Railway the two
were merged into a unified board with the collective name of the
Buckinghamshire Railway

The line was to run westward from Bletchley to Oxford, via Winslow
and Bicester, with a junction near Claydon House (later Verney
Junction) where another line turned north to Brackley via Buckingham,
with a further extension to Banbury. The engineer employed to
build the Buckinghamshire Railway was Robert Stephenson

Construction started on 20th April 1847 and on 1st May 1850 the
Buckinghamshire Railway was opened for passenger traffic from
Bletchley to Banbury. From the outset the line was worked by the
LNWR who absorbed the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1879.

The major objective of the branch was the small market town of
Buckingham. Until the railway came to the town transport had not
been good which it was felt was stopping development of the town.
A branch of the Grand Union canal reached Buckingham in 1801 but
even after the opening of the canal and the railway little development
occurred.

The busiest part of the line was the 5 1/2 mile section from
Banbury Merton Street to Cockley Brake where there was a junction
with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway.

Passenger traffic over the whole line was comparatively light
although the LNWR operated various specials and excursions over
the years to encourage use. Passenger levels reached their peak
just before WW1 after which they declined more or less continually
as competition from the bus and growing car ownership began to
increase. WW2 brought a short lived improvement but

with new BR
management the line was under review. A threat to its future became
imminent in 1952 when BR reduced services to three trains each
way per day, having withdrawn Banbury - Towcester Trains (via
the junction at Cockley Brake) the previous year.

In spite of this, the line survived and was selected for an experiment
as part of the 1955 Railway Modernisation Plan using lightweight
single unit diesel railcars. These railcars were introduced during
the summer of 1956 but strangely they only ran from Banbury to
Buckingham, where connection was made with the traditional steam
push-pull service. New halts at Radclive and Water Stratford were
opened between Fulwall & Westbury and Buckingham and a third
on the edge of Buckingham was suggested but not built.

The new railcars attracted a reported increase in traffic of
400% with the service being well used on market days and Saturdays
but the improvement was insufficient to save the service between
Buckingham and Banbury which closed from 2nd January 1961. The
remaining passenger facilities between Buckingham and Verney Junction
lingered until 7th September 1964

using the diesel units transferred
from the Banbury section. Freight facilities were withdrawn from
Banbury on 6th June 1966 and from Buckingham from 3rd December
1966 with track lifting underway by February 1967.

Fullwell & Westbury station looking west in April 1966. View from the signal post at the east
end of the platform.
Photo
by John Evans

Looking east towards Fulwell & Westbury station in April 1966. The small goods yard which closed in December 1963, is seen on the left.Photo
by John Evans

To the east of Fulwell & Westbury lay Bacon’s House Crossing, where a largely similar house was erected for the crossing keeper. This view from April 1966 shows a platelayer’s hut beyond the crossing, where a large moveable ramp was provided for offloading cattle or horses. Passengers were allowed to leave trains here unofficially.Photo
by John Evans

Fulwell & Westbury station looking east in November 1966. The lione was closed completely a few weeks later.
Photo
from John Mann collection